Posts by Holland73

First of all, you are not failing. Please do not be so hard on yourself.    Parenting a transition-aged youth (TAY), particularly one with - I'm assuming - a traumatized past is NOT easy.  You need a big support...

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh   Quote: The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria...

Quote: Originally Posted by beanma  Thanks for the tip. We might check Nathaniel out. It looks a teeny bit lighter than Theodosia both in weight (Theo is 350ish pages vs 150 for Nat) and age range — on Amazon School...

Quote: Originally Posted by beanma    We've been listening to the audiobooks of the Theodosia series by R.L. LaFevers. I really love these. They get two thumbs up  in the kids books...

Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park     Quote: He was tall, at least six feet, with dirty blond hair that hung over his eyes. His T-shirt read Nietzsche Is My Homeboy. So, that was Matt.  Who Julie Seagle...

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides     Quote: "I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey,...

Here's the March thread:   http://www.mothering.com/community/t/1375748/march-2013-book-challenge

So, just by way of clarification (for comers both new and old), guidelines for the Book Challenge Thread are as follows: 1) Post the books you read ... or not 2) Post a recommendation ... or not 3) Number your book ... or not 4)...

Quote: Originally Posted by ESPMadre  Awesome Post Idea!!!!!!   Beanma - Neil Gaiman is an amazing, imaginative writer whether it is for children, adults, books or comics!  I didn't know he read...

Quote: Originally Posted by nyssaneala    5. Gone Girl - GIllian Flynn. Creepy. Weird. Creepy. I really liked the psychological thriller aspect, but did not like it as much as I thought I would. A case of a...